The global insurance industry’s response to major earthquakes in Chile, Japan, and New Zealand played a significant part in each nation’s recovery process, according to new research published by Marsh. The Marsh Risk Management Research briefing, Comparing Claims from Catastrophic …
According to Xchanging, a London-based business processing, procurement and technology services provider to the global insurance market, electronic placing platforms have the capability to integrate document collaboration tools enabling carriers and brokers to more easily review and make changes to …
Police say seven mourners were killed when a bridge broke as they were transporting a coffin to a graveyard in northern Vietnam. Police officer Phung Quang Tuyen said 37 others were injured Monday – 23 seriously – in Tam Duong …
New York Sen. Charles Schumer is calling on federal regulators to set guidelines to protect consumers as car companies collect personal information through “smart car” technology and sell it to third parties. Schumer announced Sunday that he’s asking the Federal …
The Colorado Department of Transportation will be making another pass Monday to pick up flood debris at two locations along U.S. Highway 36 between Lyons and Estes Park. The department is asking residents to bring trees, brush, grass and other …
Military officials in the Florida Panhandle are pushing motorcycle safety after the deaths of two active-duty service members this month. Senior Airman Ignacio Arostegui died in a Feb. 3 motorcycle crash in Destin, and five days later Staff Sgt. Andrew …
A lawsuit filed by three workers over a 2010 explosion at a plant near Blacksburg, Va., is going to trial. The Roanoke Times reports that jury selection is scheduled Monday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke. Jeffrey Hodges, Tommy Bonds …
A construction worker was hospitalized after he fell off a bridge in northern New Jersey. The Star-Ledger reports that the accident on the Pulaski Skyway in Jersey City occurred around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, as workers were doing preparatory work for …
Attorneys for Lance Armstrong argued Friday that he shouldn’t have to return to arbitration with a Texas company over million-dollar bonuses he received for winning races even if it was revealed years later that the cyclist lied about taking performance-enhancing …
Furniture maker Monte Pittman knew once a wind-driven fire pushed its way into his workshop north of Whitewood, S.D., there would be no stopping it. Pittman lost a 36-foot-by-48-foot building, all of his woodworking tools and three vehicles to the …